Famished
Famished adjective - Lacking money or material possessions.
Usage example: do-gooders who were terribly distraught about the poor in other countries but were oblivious to the plight of the famished families in their own community
Hand-to-mouth and famished are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hand-to-mouth" instead an adjective "Famished".
Hand-to-mouth
Hand-to-mouth adjective - Less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable.
Famished and hand-to-mouth are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Famished" instead an adjective phrase "Hand-to-mouth".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- poor and famished
- poor and hand-to-mouth
- thin and famished
- thin and hand-to-mouth
- beggarly and famished
- beggarly and hand-to-mouth
- impoverished and famished
- impoverished and hand-to-mouth
- needful and famished
- needful and hand-to-mouth
- needy and famished
- needy and hand-to-mouth
- poverty-stricken and famished
- poverty-stricken and hand-to-mouth
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Hand-to-mouth and Famished. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/famished/hand-to-mouth
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Hand-to-mouth or Famished. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/famished/hand-to-mouth.
